Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice vs PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380
Performance
GPU clock speed
The graphics processing unit (GPU) has a higher clock speed.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 2295
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 980MHz
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GPU turbo
When the GPU is running below its limitations, it can boost to a higher clock speed in order to give increased performance.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 2700
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 null
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Pixel rate
The number of pixels that can be rendered to the screen every second.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 302.4
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 31.36 GPixel/s
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Floating-point performance
Floating-point performance is a measurement of the raw processing power of the GPU.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 55.3
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 3.512 TFLOPS
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Texture rate
The number of textured pixels that can be rendered to the screen every second.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 864
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 109.8 GTexels/s
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GPU memory speed
The memory clock speed is one aspect that determines the memory bandwidth.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 1438
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 1475MHz
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Shading units
Shading units (or stream processors) are small processors within the graphics card that are responsible for processing different aspects of the image.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 10240
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 1792
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Texture mapping units (TMUs)
TMUs take textures and map them to the geometry of a 3D scene. More TMUs will typically mean that texture information is processed faster.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 320
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 112
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Render output units (ROPs)
The ROPs are responsible for some of the final steps of the rendering process, writing the final pixel data to memory and carrying out other tasks such as anti-aliasing to improve the look of graphics.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 112
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 32
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Has Double Precision Floating Point (DPFP)
Generally, single precision floating point arithmetic deals with 32-bit floating point numbers, whereas double precision deals with 64-bit units, increasing the accuracy of calculations. For GPUs, a double precision floating point (or FP64) is useful for general-purpose computing (GPGPU) such as scientific research, data modeling, as it provides a higher degree of precision when making calculations.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice
- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380
Memory
Effective memory speed
The effective memory clock speed is calculated from the size and data rate of the memory. Higher clock speeds can give increased performance in games and other apps.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 23000
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 5900MHz
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Maximum memory bandwidth
This is the maximum rate that data can be read from or stored into memory.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 736.3
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 188.8GB/s
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VRAM
VRAM (video RAM) is the dedicated memory of a graphics card. More VRAM generally allows you to run games at higher settings, especially for things like texture resolution.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 16
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 4GB
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GDDR version
Newer versions of GDDR memory offer improvements such as higher transfer rates that give increased performance.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice gddr6x
- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 gddr5
Supports ECC memory
Error-correcting code memory can detect and correct data corruption. It is used when is it essential to avoid corruption, such as scientific computing or when running a server.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice
- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380
Features
DirectX version
DirectX is used in video games, with newer versions supporting better graphics and features. The latest version is DirectX 12 Ultimate, which includes support for ray tracing, mesh shaders, and variable rate shading (VRS).
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice null
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 12
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OpenGL version
OpenGL is used in games, with newer versions supporting better graphics.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 4.6
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 4.5
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OpenCL version
Some apps use OpenCL to apply the power of the graphics processing unit (GPU) for non-graphical computing. Newer versions introduce more functionality and better performance.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 3
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 2.1
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Supports ray tracing
Ray tracing is an advanced light rendering technique that provides more realistic lighting, shadows, and reflections in games.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice
- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380
Supports DLSS
DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) is an upscaling technology powered by AI. It allows the graphics card to render games at a lower resolution and upscale them to a higher resolution with near-native visual quality and increased performance. DLSS is only available on select games.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice
- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380
AMD SAM / Intel Resizable BAR
AMD's Smart Access Memory (SAM) and Intel's Resizable BAR are two technologies that allow the CPU to have faster access to the graphics card, which can give a performance boost. It requires a compatible motherboard, graphics card, and CPU.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice bar
- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 null
Has LHR
Nvidia's Lite Hash Rate (LHR) technology limits the ability to use a graphics card for cryptocurrency mining. Gaming performance is unaffected.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice
- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380
Multi-GPU
The number of GPUs supported when using a multi-GPU configuration. Using more than one GPU in parallel can give increased performance.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice null
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 4
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Has RGB lighting
RGB lighting allows you to choose between millions of colors and customize the look of your PC components.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice
- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380
Supported displays
Using multiple displays you can create a larger workspace, making it easier to work across multiple apps.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 4
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 null
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Ports
HDMI ports
More HDMI ports mean that you can simultaneously connect numerous devices, such as video game consoles and set-top boxes.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 1
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 null
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HDMI version
Newer versions of HDMI support higher bandwidth, which allows for higher resolutions and frame rates.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice hdmi_2_1_a
- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 null
DisplayPort outputs
Allows you to connect to a display using DisplayPort.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 3
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 1
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USB-C ports
With more USB-C ports, you are able to connect more devices/peripherals.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 0
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 2
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General info
GPU architecture
The name of the GPU architecture.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice null
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 190W
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Thermal Design Power (TDP)
The thermal design power (TDP) is the maximum amount of power the cooling system needs to dissipate. A lower TDP typically means that it consumes less power.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 320
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 5000%{count} million
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Number of transistors
A higher transistor count generally indicates a newer, more powerful processor.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 45900
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 28nm
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Semiconductor size
Small semiconductors provide better performance and reduced power consumption. Chipsets with a higher number of transistors, semiconductor components of electronic devices, offer more computational power. A small form factor allows more transistors to fit on a chip, therefore increasing its performance.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 5
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 3
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PCI Express (PCIe) version
Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) is a high-speed interface standard for connecting components, such as graphics cards and SSDs, to a motherboard. Newer versions can support more bandwidth and deliver better performance.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 4
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 null
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Has air-water cooling
The graphics card uses a combination of water and air to reduce the temperature of the card. This allows it to be overclocked more, increasing performance.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice null
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 207.25mm
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Width
The width represents the horizontal dimension of the product.
- Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 4080 Super Xtreme Ice 357
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- PowerColor PCS Plus Radeon R9 380 111.15mm
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